If you loved Hwayi: A Monster Boy, try Cold Eyes

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Theyboth carry the foreign gem mood tag, and they sit in Action / Crime / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to Hwayi: A Monster Boy, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Cold Eyes is

Seoul, late summer. A discarded soda can. Rookie detective Ha Yoon-ju joins a surveillance squad, tailing a meticulous bank robber named James. Her quarry anticipates every move, leading to a cat-and-mouse game across the city's brutalist architecture. A stylish crime procedural for fans of Michael Mann.

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